Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker Intended Recipient of Letter Containing Ricin
The off-site mail facility for the capitol intercepted a letter today that contained ricin, a deadly poison made from the castor oil plant.
North Korea Releases More Threats to the South over Yesterday's Rally
North Korea issued a threat to its southern counterpart on Tuesday. It issued this newest in a seemingly unending stream of threats as a result of yesterday's rally in South Korea where images of North Korea's leaders were burned in effigy.
Large 7.8 Earthquake Hits Iran
A huge earthquake shook a remote region of Iran near the Pakistan border today. It is said that it is one of the most powerful to ever strike Iran in the past forty years.
Army Specialist Sentenced at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for Espionage
The man arrested on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in late October of 2011 stood before a panel of eight military members there and received a sentence of 16 years in prison for his plot to sell government secrets to the Russian government late Monday.